The game development tool COCOS Creator is compatible with Nintendo Switch. Equipped with the engine adopted in Monst, the first console is compatible

Cocos Technology announced on June 30 that the company's mobile game engine Cocos Creator will be new to Nintendo Switch. This engine will be provided free of charge for developers.

Cocos Creator is an integrated development environment for mobile games provided by Cocos Technology. The core is Cocos2D-X, which was developed as an open source framework. Cocos Creator is equipped with the functions required for user interface and 3D game development based on COCOS2D-X, which specializes in 2D games. Equipped with scene editors and animation functions, it supports development with cross-platforms between various smartphones and browsers. The corresponding Cocos Creator is described in the C ++ language and supports JavaScript and TypeScript.

It is noteworthy that the COCOS series has a large number of recruitment in the mobile game market. Currently, more than 25,000 games use COCOS. According to the official announcement, it is the most used engine in China, because it is managed by Chinese companies. In particular, COCOS2D-X has been introduced, and has been adopted in works such as Monster Strike, LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum, and Pokemon Masters EX, which are well known in Japan, and have a wide range of games regardless of major or indies. moving. The reason for the recruitment is that it is light in response to a variety of operating environments.

For Cocos, this support for Nintendo Switch will be the first console game. UNITY is currently often used in Nintendo Switch works. Unity has been adopted in about half of the works for Nintendo Switch, and has also gained a lot of mobile share. This time Cocos Creator supports Nintendo Switch, which may make it easier to transplant the work developed for mobile to Nintendo Switch. Cocos Creator is distributed by Mit license. Therefore, by satisfying conditions such as the author's notation, it can be used free of charge regardless of the size of the developer. If it is as it is, it can be an option for developers to make games in the future. Nintendo Switch is both promoted.

Cocos Creator for Nintendo Switch for Nintendo Switch will be offered at the Nintendo Developer Portal for developers. Provision is expected to start in early July. For details, I would like to make an official blog.

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